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Today marks the end of our mackerel season with a
landing by the MV Enterprise, caught west of
Ireland. The mackerel moved very quickly in January
from the Butt of Lewis to SW of Castletownbere
(Ireland). The average size remained around 400gms
for the winter season, meaning we got a good
production spread over all sizes. The distance from
the fishing grounds meant many cargoes were around
1000mt. Our large freezing capacity is essential in
these circumstances so the boats get a quick
turnaround and get back to sea before the fish
migrate further away.
Our main suppliers have continued to be from the
Scottish fleet; Christina S, Enterprise and the S&S
Group in particular. Many of them have chosen to
catch the majority of 2009’s quota at the beginning
of the year when the fish has been plentiful.
Sales to Eastern Europe have continued at the
same pace as January’s and we see no signs of a
slowdown yet. Stocks from external storage
facilities in Klaipeda & Szczecin have been selling
well, particularly 200-400gms & 300-500gms w/r
mackerel.
Our focus over the coming 2-3 months will be to
sell as much mackerel as possible before our blue
whiting season starts so please contact us at
sales@shetlandcatch.com if you have a
requirement for mackerel just now. Please also let
us know if you’d also like to buy blue whiting over
the coming months.
Members of our sales team will be visiting
customers in several of our key markets over the
coming weeks, now that our intensive mackerel season
has finished. We hope to negotiate good contracts
for our remaining stocks and take orders for blue
whiting. We look forward to meeting many of you
soon!!
John Angus
12.02.09 |
